Another world: Diversity

What did I learn from these storylines?

Dora the Explora: I learned that we should go out and explore our surroundings

Hannah Montana: I learned that when you're famous your never alone and you have the best of both worlds is you hide.

Teletubbies: People learn do be rebellious and not to listen to their parents.

Frozen: I learned that You don't need a man, Love your family before anyone else.

Wizards of Waverley Place: I learned that anything can be possible.

Back to the Future: That there is no point in changing your past because you wouldn't be who you are now.

Matilda: People shouldn't use your age against you nor do they know what power you have.

My little pony: You might fight with people but don't hold a grudge against them.

The other woman: Be your own investigator

Harry Potter: Things might scar you. but you always come back stronger.

What Makes a Good Story?

What makes a good story?

To make a good exciting story you need an

• Action plot
• A strong storyline
• A linear ( like a storyline)
• Time/ Flashback/ Flashforward
• Engagement (being on your feet for the reader)
• Keeping some truth to the story
• Some real aspects
• Psychological
• Strong charictors
• Main charictors
• Being relatable
• Aimed at a certain age
• A journey

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Crystals experiment 🕯

Aim: To find out how to form crystals with chemicals.

Equipment:
Copper oxide power
Sulfuric acid
50mL measuring cylinder
Two 100mL beakers
Bunsen burner
Tripod
Gauze mat
Funnel
Filter paper
Spatula
Evaporating basin
Stirring rod





Method:

1. Add sulfuric acid (20 ml) to the 100 ml beaker, heat until near boil. After that, make sure that the bunsen burner is off so you don't burn anyone or anything.

1.  After that, use a Spatula and add ( about the tip of the Spatula) copper oxide. 

1. Stir the solution for approximately 30 seconds.

1. Continue to add copper oxide until it dissolves no more.

1. fold the filter paper in half and then in half again and then place it in the funnel. add to the other beaker.

1. Let the solution to cool down enough so you can carry the baker by the top. The solution MUST be hot still.

1. Swirl the solution until all is mixed, then pour the liquid into the funnel with the filter paper in it. Let the solution filter through until there is no liquid left in the funnel. All liquid should be in the beaker.

1. Rince the beaker that was used to boil the solution and fill the beaker with 50-60 ml of water.

1. Turn the bunsen burner back on and place the water on the tripod and then place the evaporating basin on top of the beaker. Pour the liquid into the evaporating basin.

1. Either the water or the solution needs to evaporate till half way then turn the bunsen burner off and wait for the evaporating basin to cool down.

1. Once cooled down a move to a place where it would not be disturbed.

1. Over the next few days blue, shiny crystals should appear.

Results: 
Our crystals had a white powder-like substance on top as it was over boiled. They still look alright.

Discussion:
 This takes about two hours to complete but it was fun. If I ever did this again, I would make sure it did not over boil.

chemical experiment 💥

Aim: To find out what happens when I mix chemicals together. 

Equipment:
test tubes
lead nitrate 
 potassium iodine
copper nitrate 
 ammonium hydrate
sodium hydroxide 
 silver nitrate
 iron chloride solution 
potassium thiocyanate


Method:
Mix together 

lead nitrate + potassium iodine

copper nitrate + ammonium hydrate


sodium hydroxide + silver nitrate

 iron chloride solution + potassium thiocyanate


Results:


 I mixed a clear colourless solution of lead nitrate and three drops of (a clear colourless) potassium iodide It turned into a yellow precipitate. It then made clumps of powder-like substance.

( blue and colourless)

I mixed a clear light blue solution of copper nitrate with three drops of a clear colourless solution of ammonium hydroxide.  When it reacted, it made a cloudy light blue solid (this is called a precipitate). When I added more ammonium hydroxide, it turned into a dark blue solution.

I mixed sodium hydroxide with three drops of silver nitrate  together and It made a chocolate brown colour and then it precipitated together.

  I mixed Iron chloride with three drops of potassium thiocyanate and It turned into red blood-like substance. This solution did not precipitate.














Discussion:

When two solutions are mixed and a precipitate forms, a precipitate is an insoluble solid.  If the precipitate then dissolves into a new solution, this new product is called a complex ion. A precipitate is when a liquid turns into a solid.